Women's Work: The English Experience 1650-1914
By (Author) Pamela Sharpe
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Hodder Arnold
1st April 2003
United Kingdom
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Labour / income economics
Gender studies: women and girls
Social and cultural history
331.40942
Paperback
384
Width 156mm, Height 234mm, Spine 28mm
This work brings together formative articles in our thinking about women's work in English history for both the early modern and modern periods. The material is presented in an accessible way for seminar discussions and many of the writings are core texts for essay reading lists. The commentary puts the chapters into context and highlights controversies.
Sharpe has a solid command of the issues involved, and her introduction as well as the commentary provides a sound guide to students who may be coming to some of this material for the first time. At the same time, the collection as a whole will be useful to academics relatively new to this area, or those wishing to gain a quick grasp of many of the issues. Labour History Review
Pamela Sharpe is at University of Bristol.